# PhishDestroy threat dossier — verificationsite.co
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 08:37:52 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/verificationsite.co/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Coinbase

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Emsisoft, Fortinet, Kaspersky, Netcraft
URLQuery:        3 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.1 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com
Registered:      2026-03-12
Page title:      coinbase

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-03-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-03-12 16:22:22 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-03-12 13:23:37 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-06-25 09:16:10 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-19 16:21:40 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ce234-60c2-77bb-b8bf-1ad1d9fa9796/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/2a987b91-efb1-4ec1-b8d1-a2fab8008b38
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/verificationsite.co
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.verificationsite.co
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=verificationsite.co
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/verificationsite.co
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/verificationsite.co/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 12:37:44 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The website verificationsite.co is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam that impersonates the Coinbase brand. Its page title is "coinbase," indicating the site falsely presented itself as a legitimate Coinbase platform. The primary threat is credential theft or cryptocurrency fraud, as users may be tricked into providing login credentials or sending funds under the guise of a legitimate service.

Technical analysis reveals the site was flagged by 4 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, specifically by Emsisoft, Fortinet, Kaspersky, and Netcraft, and is listed on 3 blocklists. The domain was created on 2026-03-12, registered through NameCheap, Inc., and hosted on IP address 216.198.79.1 (United States, AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.). The domain uses nameservers dns1.registrar-servers.com and dns2.registrar-servers.com, and no SSL certificate was found.

The site is currently DOWN/OFFLINE. With a domain risk score of 63 and multiple security vendor detections, the site poses a high risk as an active threat when online, targeting Coinbase users for financial fraud.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260312-7823C5

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/verificationsite.co/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=verificationsite.co
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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